M4.5 earthquake 201 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 201 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia on Thu, Dec 18, 2003, 6:28 AM GMT+9 (21:28 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 158 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-12-17 21:28:14 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.522° N, 128.314° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000cffc. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6118 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8294 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3183 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8293 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.8158 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia · 8288 days ago · 118 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cffc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.